Re: [bug?] tg3: Failed to load firmware "tigon/tg3_tso.bin"

Hugh Dickins
2008-07-03T13:04:36Z

On Thu, 3 Jul 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> > Hi Michael,
> >
> > my server output following error message on 2.6.26-rc8-mm1.
> > Is this a bug?
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > tg3.c:v3.93 (May 22, 2008)
> > GSI 72 (level, low) -> CPU 0 (0x0001) vector 51
> > tg3 0000:06:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 72 (level, low) -> IRQ 51
> > firmware: requesting tigon/tg3_tso.bin
> > tg3: Failed to load firmware "tigon/tg3_tso.bin"
> > tg3 0000:06:01.0: PCI INT A disabled
> > GSI 72 (level, low) -> CPU 0 (0x0001) vector 51 unregistered
> > tg3: probe of 0000:06:01.0 failed with error -2
> > GSI 73 (level, low) -> CPU 0 (0x0001) vector 51
> > tg3 0000:06:01.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 73 (level, low) -> IRQ 52
> > firmware: requesting tigon/tg3_tso.bin
>
> This change did not come from the network developers or Broadcom, so someone
> else broke tg3 in -mm...

I think it's a consequence of not choosing CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y.

That caught me out on PowerMac G5 trying mmotm yesterday, it just hung
for a few minutes in earlyish boot with a message about tg3_tso.bin,
and then proceeded to boot up but without the network. I was unclear
whether I'd been stupid, or the FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL Kconfigery was poor.

I avoid initrd, and have tigon3 built in, if that's of any relevance.

I wonder if that's Andrew's problem with 2.6.26-rc8-mm1 on his G5:
mine here boots up fine (now I know to CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y).

Hugh